till Christ took them from thence. Til ih_es_u crist fro ðeden[207] he nam.) 1988 ðe chapmen ſkiuden here fare, The merchants took their ware to Egypt. In-to egipte ledden ðat ware; wið putifar ðe kinges ſtiward, He maden ſwiðe bigetel forward, 1992 So michel fe ðor iſ hem told, He hauen him bogt, he hauen ſold. Potiphar bought Joseph. Putifar waſ wol riche man, And he bogte ioſeph al forðan 1996 He entertained impure desires towards him, He wulde don iſ lechur-hed wið ioseph, for hiſe faire-hed, Oc he wurð ðo ſo kinde cold, To don ſwilc dede adde he no wold; 2000 but Joseph was strengthened from above. ſwilc ſelðe cam him fro a-buuen, God dede it al for ioſeph luue[n]. Biſſop in eliopoli[208] Men ſeið he was ſiðen for-ði, 2004 [206] ðat? [207] ðeðen? [208] In [H]Eliopolis; the words are run together. JOSEPH IS CAST INTO PRISON. [Fol. 39b.] ðog had he ðo wif(.) and bi-foren Childre of him bi-geten and of hire boren, Oc after ðis it ſo bi-cam, Ioseph iſ dowter to wiue nam. 2008 Potiphar loved Joseph well. Putifar luuede ioſeph wel, bi-tagte him hiſ huſ eu_er_ilc del, And he wurðede riche man an heg, His wealth prospered under Joseph's care. vnder ioſeph hiſ welðe ðeg. 2012 Hiſ wif wurð wilde, and nam i_n_ ðogt His wife sought to lead Joseph astray. vn-rigt-wiſ luue, and ſwanc for nogt, One and ſtille ðogt hire gamen wið ioſeph ſpeken and plaigen ſamen; 2016 For gold nor for wealth of any kind would he "forget his chastity." Ghe bed him gold, and agte, and fe, To maken him riche man and fre, wið-ðhan ðat he wið here wile; Oc hi_m_ mislikede ðat ghe wile; 2020 for ſcrið, ne ðret, ne mai ghe bi-geten for to don hi_m_ chaſthed for-geten; Neither threats nor intreaties prevailed.